διαφαίνω
βορβόρῳ δ' ὕδωρ λαμπρὸν μιαίνων οὔποθ' εὑρήσεις ποτόν → once limpid waters are stained with mud, you'll never find a drink
English (LSJ)
A show through, let a thing be seen through, τὴν λευκότητα δ. Arist.GA735b20; Ἀὼς καλὸν διέφαινε πρόσωπον Theoc.18.26; δ. τὰς ἑαυτῶν φύσεις Plb.12.24.1. 2 allow light to pass, Hero Aut. 27.1. 3 convey (to the reader), κατασκευήν Phld.Po.2.35. II Pass., show through, νεκύων δ. χῶρος showed clear of dead bodies, Il. 8.491; to be seen through a transparent substance, Hdt.3.24; μέλαν τὸ μὴ διαφαινόμενον impervious to light, Arist.GA780a34, cf.Pr.936a8; λίθος διαφαινόμενος transparent stone, Agatharch.82. 2 to glow, to be red-hot, μοχλὸς διεφαίνετο αἰνῶς Od.9.379. 3 metaph., to be proved, show itself, ἐν πείρα τέλος -εται Pi.N.3.71, cf. Th.2.51; to be conspicuous, δυνάμει ταῦτα μέγιστα διεφάνη Id.1.18; stand out, excel, πάνθ' ἁπλῶς ἂ διαφαίνεται prob. in Phld.Po.5.4. III intr., show light through, to be transparent, ἱμάτια -οντα Philem.81; dawn, ἡμέρης -ούσης Hdt.7.219, cf. 8.83: metaph., shine through, τὸ μεγαλοπρεπὲς διὰ τοῦ προσώπου διαφαίνει X.Mem.3.10.5. 2 πυρὰ διέφᾱνε (Dor. aor. 1) the pyre parted its flames, so as to allow a passage, Pi.P.3.44 (v.l. -φαινε).
